Los Angeles - My City: Exception

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The two main activities in my life: Helping the hungry in the late hours of the night and helping guitar players sound better one amp at a time.

I always try to remember that in order to do good one has to take action and actually do something.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I have watched the city and Southern California change for well over half a century.

I can be found on facebook at www.facebook.com/mylesr or on twitter at www.twitter.com/myles111us or on my own Guitar Amplifier Blueprinting website at www.mylesrose.com

Monday, January 9, 2012

Exception

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What has been happening the last week or so

99% of the time I have an amplifier shot as the background on my cell phone. This is the 1% exception.

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Who am I?

It is said that a picture is speaks a thousand words. Here are over two thousand random photos in a slide show. This is what I do, who I know, where I go.

An emotionally draining slideshow which mixes art, whimsy, low production values, a general lack of composition, sexual tension, nausea and the feeling of foolishness you have if you can watch the entire show from beginning to end.

What could be better than an album of nothing but low resolution shots taken with my cellphone (and a few from friends cellphones as well) ... and then, take these low resolution photos and upload them in real time to facebook where the quality and size is reduced even more?

Why I do what I do

To the folks who ask why I do what I do.

For many decades I worked in the corporate sector for very large companies. I worked many hours each week.

On some occasions I actually felt as if I made a change in a life. I could help somebody in their career. I could teach somebody something technical. Those sorts of things.

40-60 hours a week or more was generally not all that rewarding other than the friends I made along the way and the occasional change as I was able to make a difference.

I worked hard to make changes in my own life as most of us do. I made money to buy a house, raise a family. Family and friends are one side of our lives. The outside world is another.

I now have two main "jobs" each day. One is to help guitarists sound better, one amp at a time. I help folks in the music business and pass on what I have learned over decades walking this planet. I also try to help other people who are building their own career. That is one of the joys of being my age. You can help those on their path of building their own lives.

My second "job" is helping the homeless on the streets on Los Angeles. Five or ten hours on the street each week helping people makes more of a direct impact on more people than a month of work in my old life. Whether I feed people a snack, listen to what they have to say, give them a card from http://www.urm.org/ or walk them down to Union Rescue Mission I feel I am making life a little better for somebody.

In order to do something good one generally has to do something as in perform some sort of action. Los Angeles has the highest homeless population in the nation. Perhaps I feel as if I needed to do something.

Pay Pal Donations and a bit more information

My paypal button. If you wish to make a direct donation to supply night time snacks to the homeless in the streets of Los Angeles please use the paypal button below.

The link below to paypal is to donate money for the healthy snacks I pass out to the folks that live on the street in the evenings. These are the folks that for their own reasons do not partake of the services offered by the missions.

My evening time spent on skid row is my own activity. The residents of the streets of skid row are my teachers. They each have things to say if you take the time to listen.

Helping me directly via paypal is not tax deductible. As many of you know more than 100% of these funds go to snacks for the folks on the street as I tend to take cash out of my own pocket.

If you would rather contribute to an organization where you can receive a tax deduction and use credit card, paypal, text message, personal check or most any other form of payment just hit the donate button at http://urm.org/ These folks know how to stetch a dollar and $10 will feed five people a healthy hot meal. The folks at URM help those in the system so to speak. I try to help those who reject organized assistance for their own personal reasons and do not wish to be in any system. In addition to my own activities I also contribute out of my own pocket to Union Rescue Mission.

Thank you

Union Rescue Mission - What they do.

I talk a lot about Union Rescue Mission on this blog. I also talk a lot about them on facebook. I talk about them on my GAB website.

Many of my friends have become friends with Union Rescue Mission and members of their staff. I am sure many of you feel the same way I do about what they do and are a little bit better for knowing them.

There is a place on the URM website where there are a few videos. If you take a few minutes to look at this page and the videos you may learn a bit more about the work these folks do. http://www.urm.org/services/what-we-do.html

Take a few moments to make a big difference

If you are short on time and want to make a difference in a flash:

To donate $10 to Union Rescue Mission, text the letters URM to 85944. You will receive a confirmation text message. Reply with the word YES to complete the transaction.

Serving thousands of meals per day is just one of many services provided by the folks at URM.

From the URM website: The Union Rescue Mission (URM) is one of the largest missions of its kind in America--bringing help and hope to homeless and desperately poor men, women, and children of downtown Los Angeles.

URM was founded in 1891 by Lyman Stewart, president and founder of Union Oil Company. George A. Hilton served as the first superintendent of the Mission, originally known as the Pacific Gospel Union. During those early days, URM took to the streets in gospel wagons to offer food, clothing, and salvation to the less fortunate.

Over the years URM has continued and expanded its efforts to feed both the body and the soul, helping individuals and families break the cycle of poverty and achieve self-sufficiency.

For a more detailed look at the history of Union Rescue Mission - http://www.urm.org/about/history.html

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I track both subscriber count and reader/visitor count as they are two different sets of data. Subscribers are the long term audience who get updates each time something new is posted or an ongoing post is updated.

Subscriber statistics are in the section above this entry on the page.

This blog was created in December 2009. Statistics were enabled on July 1, 2010. From July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 there were more than 4 million readers.

The average readership is over 350,000 readers per month. There have been months with over two times that amount depending on the subjects posted. Posts are also seen on facebook, twitter, google buzz, blogger, digg it, atom and many other services that have opted to distribute my antics for reasons that are at times a mystery to me.

My Guitar Amplifier Blueprinting website continues to receive over 5,000 visitors per day but I now update this blog much more often than my GAB website. It is easier to update, I can do it from any computer or cell phone and has a content which is much more diverse than my music related website.

Thanks for following, thanks for reading and thank you for sending the link of this site to your friends.

Myles

A special thanks to the following folks who have supported my efforts directly

I would like to take a moment to thank some very special folks:

Stephen Boykin, Leonard Rodriguez, David Mendenhall, Joe Gorfinkle, Lee Flier, Mike Franceschini - Classic Amp Repair, Brad Leabo, Rick Skillman, Diane Rabinowitz, Gary Carr, Tim McDuff, Sheldon Gomberg, Michael Alexander, Kimberly Rose, Bonnie and Alan, Betty Edwards, Laura Forster, Hans Egil Løe, Dennis Tudor, Alec McGlashan III, Sean Thompson, Gregory Faust, Don Buchanan, Natalie Rose, Dave Asmussen, Tom Breitsch, Keith Aylward, Gregg White from the Dr. Z Amp Forum, Mary Ellen Alltizer Gale, Gouv Cadwalader, Simon Higgs/Wattkins Amp Forums, Buddy Whittington, 'Oldster and the Knuckleheads', Frank "BritInvasion" Quarracino, Harvey Reams and Family,Mike Giliberto,Ryan and Vicki Horyza and family, Vickie Benson and Rick Benson and family, Joseph Glosz, Bill Shea from the Dr. Z Forum, Gary from the Dr. Z Forum, Ron from the Dr. Z Forum, Paul Girolamo from the Dr. Z Forum,Eric Ambel from the Dr. Z Forum, Charles J Adkins from the Dr. Z Forum, Paul Toracinta from the Dr. Z Forum, Jeffrey Thomas Adkins from the Dr. Z Forum, Doungvannak JB Keo from the Dr. Z Forum, Helmi from the Dr. Z Forum, Lee Carriker from the Dr. Z Forum, Patrick & Michelle Kerrin from the Dr. Z Forum

Tammy Knight-Gibbons (www.cupcapesfalmouth.com), Michael Zaite (www.drzamps.com), Loni Specter (www.ampshow.com), Reinhold Bogner (www.bogneramplification.com), Matchless Amplifier / Phil Jamison (www.matchlessamplifiers.com) Marc Ferguson (http://fergsampshop.com/), David Hayes (www.hayesamplification.com), George Metropoulos ( www.metroamp.com ), Jason King (www.internationalsportingclays.com), Ludovic Pierson and family (www.pierson-amps.com), Dan Boul and family (www.65amps.com), Mark Baier (www.victoriaamp.com), Lars H Haugen (www.myspace.com/larshhaugen), Arne K. Hast (www.vintagegitar.no), Robert Wood (www.transformerdesignandsupply.com), Robert Farwell (www.thegc1guitar.com), Sam Hunter (www.samhunterart.com) Stubb's Bar-B-Q Sauce and Products (www.stubbsbbq.com), The Daily Grill (www.dailygrill.com)

Andy Bales and the staff of Union Rescue Mission, Jacqui Groseth, Alexander Cornejo II. Located in downtown Los Angeles, URM is the oldest and largest mission in the nation. The staff and entire organization at URM make me feel that my own small efforts to help the homeless have some degree of value. These folks serve over 3,000 meals a day (over a million meals a year) 365 days a year three meals a day. When I feel that the end goal seems to be like one pushing against the incoming tide and feel beaten down I think of Andy Bales and his staff and find a bit more drive to continue. Look at their website to see how many services these folks offer. www.urm.org

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